Pipe-coupling.



PATENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

W. s. HOUSER.

PIPE COUPLING. APPLICATION TILED FEB. 19, 1.904.

H0 MODEL. I

SHOZHLHJ wilt mooeo UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HALFTO GEORGE W. TOZIER,

OF. DUBOIS, PEN NSYLVANIA- PIPE-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming. part of Letters Patent No. 7 74,667, dated November 8, 1904. Application filed February 19 19 04. $eria1No. 194,402. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WINFIELD S. HOUSER, a i citizen of the United States,residing atDubois, in the county of Glearfield and State of- Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful-Hose f or Pipe Coupling; specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices of that class employed for coupling hose or pipe sections.

The obj ectis to provide a novel quick-action coupling wherein the parts-may be quickly-secured together or separated and when so se-"' cured are not liable to relative movement-or" accidental displacement, the said elements thereof being simple in construction and capable of being cheaply manufactured.

The preferred form of construction is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a coupling constructed in accordancewith the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through the same on an enlarged scale, Fig. 3 is a side elevation with the couplingring in section. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but at right angles thereto. a transverse sectional view through the coup: ling Fig. 6 is a View in elevation of acoupling-ring. 1

Similarreference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawlugs.

In the embodiment illustrated a pair of coupling members 7 and 8 are employed, which are tubular in form. These members are shells, the outer faces of which are tapered toward their outer ends, as shown at 9. The portions of said shells inside the tapered ends are e'X-- teriorly threadedfas shown at 10. The tapered portions are adaptedito be inserted in the ends of the hose sections or tubes 11, which are thus expanded, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and are held in place uponthe shells by retainingsleeves 13, the outer portions of which are tapered to correspond to the taper of the shells and bindupon the tube-sections, while the inner portions are internally threaded, the

of which the 'fo'llowingis a; l

"directly to the shells.

Fig. 5 is threads thereof engaging those of the shells. *Thesesleeves may be provided with suitable 5 openings 14 to receive operating devices. By these meansthe tubes are securely clamped to the coupling elements or members, and the retainingsleeves at-the same time are screwed The coupling member 7 is provided at the inner end of the threaded portion with an annular enlargement 15. provided with knobs 16, forming a holdinghandle for the section. Said section is furthermore provided at the end opposite the clamp-sleeve with the reduced projecting collar 17, that is adapted to fit snugly in a counterbored seat 18, formed inthe adjacent end of the coupling 8. This .-coupling 7 also has on diametrically opposite sides outstanding projections 19, which projections also extend forwardly of an annular shoulder 20, formed at the juncture of the collar 17 and the main body of ,the member, this shoulder being shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The coupling member 8 has at its inner end and in diametrically opposite sides recesses orseats 21, thatare adapted to receive the projections or lugs l9,'which lugs completely fill the seats, and thus prevent the relative rotation of the members when together. The annular margin of the member 8 between the seats isprovided with outstanding stop-flanges 22, and the. spacebetween said flanges and the inner end of the retaining-sleeve 13 constitutes an annular guideway for a couplingring 23, having an inturned flange 24, that engages insaid guideway. The coupling-ring is of greater diameter than either of the members 7 and Band has outstanding projections 5 25, by means of which it can be readily grasped and turned. Ektendinginto the same from theside that is' opposed to the handle portion 16 of the'mernber 7 are diametrically oppositebayonet slots 26, which slots are de- 9 signed to receive the outstanding portions of the projections 19 of the member 7. s

It is believed that the operation ofthis device will be easily understood. Insecuring the sections of the pipeto the members the terminals of such sections are forced-upon the tapered ends of the shells and the sleeves afterward screwed home, thus fastening the sections in place. In coupling the sections it is only necessary to aline the bayonet-slots of the ring with the seats 21 of the coupling member 8, whereupon the forwardly-projecting collar portion of the member 7 is passed into the open mouth of the member 8, and the projections 19 will thereupon engage in the seat-s 21 and in the mouths of the bayonetslots. Upon turning the couplingring 23 said mouths will be moved out of alinement with the projections, and the coupling will therefore be completed. In this structure it will be apparent that the projections 19 perform double functions, in that they serve to prevent the relative rotation of the elements and also interlock with the ring to secure the members against disassociation. The structure is very simple, as will be apparent, and the parts thereof can be easily and cheaply manufactured.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i In a pipe-coupling, the combination with the elements to be coupled, one of said elements being arranged to fit within the other and having diametrically opposite outstanding and forwardly-extending projections, the edge of the other element having diametrically opposite seats to receive the forwardly-extending portions of the projections, of a coupling-ring revolubly mounted upon the member having the seats and overhanging said seats, said ring being provided with bayonetslots that extend but partially through the ring and receive the outstanding portions of the projections, the inner end walls of said slots being substantially coincident with the end walls of the seats.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WINFIELD S. HOUSER.

WVitnesse s:

H. A. MooRE, J. H. MooRE. 

